I have written about the prospect of expanding the Washtenaw Community College District before. WCC’s current enrollment splits almost equally between in-district and out-of-district students.…
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Yesterday, I wrote about student loan interest rates and their scheduled rise. Since early in the pandemic, the federal government has hit the pause button…
Evanston Skokie School District 65 is less than 10 miles northwest of Wrigley Field in Chicago. For the first time in more than 50 years,…
For the last few days, I’ve written about a dangerous practice that WCC has adopted. In both the Board Meeting earlier this week and throughout…
The pandemic has changed the college enrollment landscape in some very unexpected ways. It’s not hard to understand why community colleges look less attractive to…
According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data, Michigan community colleges welcomed more than 21,600 students last fall. Michigan’s free college programs drove enrollment…
A new report by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve seeks to explain how changes in labor demand will impact workers without college degrees. The report focuses…
A Pittsburgh councilman has come up with a novel way to fund infrastructure. He’s proposed a 1% city infrastructure tax on residents’ medical bills and…
Michigan community colleges have three major sources of revenue: property tax collections, tuition and fees, and the state appropriation. They also have other revenue sources…
States have different mechanisms for funding their community colleges. In many places, local community college taxes play a big role in funding two-year schools. I…